| AUS | artificial urethral sphincter |
| CEBM | Centre for Evidence Based Medicine |
| GR | grade of recommendation |
| IC | intermittent catheterisation |
| IDC | indwelling catheterisation |
| KIC | removable adapter system of Manfred Sauer |
| LE | level of evidence |
| MDT | multidisciplinary team |
| MEC | male external catheter |
| MS | Multiple sclerosis |
| MeSH | medical subject headings |
| PICO | patient problem or population (P), intervention (I), comparison (C) and outcome(s) (O), the four parts of an answerable clinical question |
| PVR | post void residual |
| QoL | quality of life |
| RRP | retropubic radical prostatectomy |
| SCI | spinal cord injury |
| TURP | transurethral resection of the prostate |
| UI | urinary incontinence |
| UTI | urinary tract infection |
